The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-07-02


Supervisor, c. F. Frey being absent.
The water works question was pre-
scented before the board, and the fol-
lowing from the Superior Water
Works company was read.
Proposition of tie Superior Water
Works Company, to the Board Of
Supervisors Of the Town of Super
Tor, Douglas county, Wisconsin.
GENTLEMEN:
The Superior Water
Works Company, a corporation en-
powered by chapter $50, of the private
and local laws Of the State of Wiscon-
sin for 1866, to supply water to the
Town Of Superior, and the inhabitants
thereof, being DESTROYS Of making
contract with said Town of Superior,
for supplying to it water for fire pro
lection, respectfully submits to your
honorable Board, the following pro-
position.
J. For the purpose Of furnishing
such water for fire protection as is
necessary, the Superior Water Works
Company will lay and extend its water
mains, from its pumping station at or
about the intersection Of Hill Avenue
and Winter Street, on the Bay OF Su-
perior in westerly direction to and
through that portion Of said Town of
Superior known as the village of West
Superior, as far west as Cakes avenue
in said village, and a. far north as
First Street, and as far south us Bel
KNAPP avenue, and it will also extend
and lay its water mains from It's said
pumping station, easterly, with one
main, to about Carlton or St. John
Avenues, in the village Of Superior
proper, and from thence through said
village, to Baker avenue, and between
Second and Ninth streets, with such
distributing mains, as the location of
the hydrants i'll said territory, includ-
ed between the streets last above nam
ed, may require.
H. The engines, pumps, filters,
"ftAtI iittaiiSi II tit-. ~iItiil an
be of first class workmanship and ma
terial. The pumping plant shall con
sist Of two distinct sets of pumps and
boilers, capable of being operated
separately or both together, as may
be required, the pumps being capable
of pumping two million gallons Of
water every twenty-four hours. All
mains and pipes to be Of an adequate
size, and capable Of sustaining an in
tcrnal pressure Of $50 pounds per
square inch All hydrants to be Of
approved construction, and with hose
deliveries for p inch fire hose coupl-
ing thread, that is in use by the city
Of Duluth, Minnesota.
III. Not less than one hundred fire
hydrants, to be put in by the Water
Works Company, and to be contracted
for by yonr honorable Board, for the
time, and Oh the terms hereinafter
mentioned Said one hundred NY
drants, or 50 many more az the said
board may desire to contract for, in
the first instance, to be put iii before
Noyember lst 1887, and within the
limits above specified, as the present
limits for the laying and extension Of
SAID water mains, but subject to such
limitations, shall be put in ut such
locations as shall be indicated by said
Board at any time previous to Nov
ember 1887, by the said Board giving
to said company statement III writ
Ing of the locations for said dvdraut~
and in case Of the failure ofsaid Board
to SO Indicate, the said company shall
be at liberty to locate said hvdrantS
where it may deem best for the pro-
lection Of said town.
". In case said town shall at any
time, except during the months OF
November, December, January, Feb
ruary, March and April, in each year
within the term Of this contract, deem
it necessary or proper for the further
protection from fire, of said town or of
any part thereof, it shall have the
right and privilege to direct said Wa
ter Works Company, by resolution
OF its Board of Supervisors, to extend
its water mains, for such distances and
- such points in said town, rs the said
Board may determine, and thereupon
said company shall, within thirty DAYS
after the passage of the resolution iii
recting the extension aforesaid, pro
coed with all due diligence. to make
such extension rs aforesaid. But in no
case however, shall the said company
be required to make such extension
unless the said town, or its authorized
agents, shall previously contract to
rent, and pay for, an additional hvi-
rant, for every three hundred feet of
water mains laid by said company, in
making Sach extension, upon the same
terms and for the same time rs are ex-
pressed in this contract, as the terms
and the time for the payment for the
hydrants to be taken in the first in
stance.
Y. The terms upon which said
Town shall agree to rent and pay for
such hydrants rs are put in bv said
Water Works Company, either in the
hrSt instance, or IN making future
extensions Of lis mains, under the
direction cf said town, shall be as fol
lows:-For the first one hundred OF
said hydrants, said town shall pay t.
said company, an annual rental Of one
hundred dollars, for each and every
one of said one hundred hvdrantS, for
each and every year of the term for
which the said hydrants, or any mum
Der Of them, may be contracted for by
said town.
For the second one hundred Of said
hydrants, said town shall pay to said
Company, nm annual rental Of eighty
dollars, fer each and every one of said
one hundred hvlrautS, for each and
every Year Of the term for which said
I.